Dianabol, Ciba's old brand name for 5mg Methandrostenolone tablets, has always been one of the most popular anabolic steroids available. Dianabol's popularity stems from it's almost immediate and very strong anabolic effects. 4-5 tablets a day is enough to give almost anybody dramatic results. Along with strong anabolic effects comes the usual androgen side effects. Dianabol converts to estrogen, so gyno and water retention may be a problem although are usually dose related Aggression may be increased, and users often report an overall sense of well being. The fact that Dianabol has been off the U.S. market for almost 10 years has not at all stopped its use and remains the most popularly used black market oral steroid in the U.S.. The most popular versions in the U.S. are the Russian tablets coming into the East Coast, Pronabol from India and Reforvit from Mexico. The Russian Dianabol, which is vastly and accurately counterfeited, has been losing it's reputation as a safe buy. Users generally won't know if what they have is real until they use it, making for many angry users. Reforvit is an injectable D, containing 25mg/ml of the substance. A 50 ml bottle contains the equivalent of 250 tablets and sells for a reasonable price. Most users opt to take this orally as it is just as effective as tablets. The pink Thai tablets are also popular and should be the only tablets purchased without paperwork or box. These ship in quantities of 500 and 1000 only, so they are almost always broken up and sold. Methandon is also available in Thailand, but much less popular than the Anabol tabs.

Methandrostenolone was a very popular drug in the 70´s, and still is. It is a 17 alpha-alkyl based steroid which produces dramatic strength and size gains. This is also a very toxic drug.An effective daily dose for athletes is around 15-40mg/day (ie.3-8tabs). Steroid novices do not need more than 15-20mg per day since this dose is sufficient to acheive exceptional results over a period of 8-10 weeks. When the effect begins to slow down (mostly due to the steroid receptors being saturated at this time, subsequently cannot hold any more of the compound), and the athlete wants to continue, the dosage should NOT be increased, but an injectable such as Deca-Durabolin or Primabolan-Depot 200mg / week should be used in conjunction until the athlete slowly tapers off the Dianabol. Dan Duchane was once quoted by saying; "If you can't grow on Deca and D-bol, then you're not going to grow anything, no matter how fancy it is." Since Dianabol's half time life is only 3.2-4.5 hours, application at least twice a day is necessary to acheive a somewhat even concentration of the substance in the blood. On days of intense training, the half time life is reduced even further, so the application of three times per day appears sensible﻿.